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PLOW.

Patented Nov. 8, 1881.

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PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming 'partof LettersfPa'tent No. 249,234, datedNovember 8, 1881,

Application filed October 11,1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSE S. FELT, of Greenwood, in the-county of Oxfordand State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFlows; and I do herebydeclare that the following is afull, clear, andexactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same, referencebeinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification. I

The} object of my inventioni's to producea plow which will enable theuser to plow furrows side by side without going around the land, andwhich will always throw thefurrow .on the sameside, so as to preventdead-furrows and ridges.

My invention consists in the combination,

2 o -in areversible plow, of two rotary mold-boards,

two two-faced hinged mold-boards, the pivot g, and the long bearing 8,projecting through therotary mold-boards, and the button it; also, inthe combination of a standard, b, foot a, havinga point, to, with twoIHOIG-bOHJ'dS H; pivotshares to take more or less land 5 also, in thecombination of two rotary mold hoards, the bevel-disks, a landside, c b,an extensible and vertically-adj ustable hook, andthetwo hingedmold-boards, as will be hereinafter described; also, in the combinationof two rotary moldboards, a slot, and button with the landside a b andthe pivot-bolt f, so as to adaptthe plow to be used with or without thehinged moldboards.

The plow has the foot a, standard I), the rotary points and mold-boardsc c d d, the twofaced hinged mold-boards c e, the main bolt f, and thelocking device 9 h 2' My plow maybe used either as a side-hill or alevel-land plow.

Figure lis a side elevation of myplow with double rotary share andmold-board and hin ged mold-board. Fig, 2 is a side elevation of theopposite side of my plow, showing the standard and landside. Fig. 3 is aside elevation with one rotary point or share andthe rotary mold-boardremoved, and having the hinged mold-board and the other rotarymold-board and point on, and showing the plow when used as a commonlandside-plow. Fig. 4. is a side elevation of my plow with thestandard,the two rotary points, and mold-boards on, butwith the hinged mold-hoardremoved. Fig. 5 is a front view of my plow withthe hinged moldboardremoved, and with the left-hand point placed side by side with theright-hand point, so as to form a plow with a share and mold-hoardon'both-sides. Fig. 6 is an inside view of the landside, showing the twowheels with the wedge-shaped edges and the main bolton which the plowswings. Fig. 7 is a detail side view of the two-faced hinged mold-board.Fig. 8 shows views of the wheels to regulate thedanding of the plow.

Sameletters show like parts.

I willnow proceed to describe the structure and operation of theditterentpartsot' 'my invention.

l is the beam of the plow. mare the handles.

Passing downthrough the beam at the proper point, through the block-headit, through a socket or sockets, 0, on the inside of the landside, andthrough the foot (t of the standard, is the main bolt f. Upon this therotary moldboards and points turn when they are reversed or turned fromside to side of the beam. These rotary mold-boards are made of two partsor halves of the same size and shape, as seen in Figs. 1 and 4. 'Byrotary mold-boards and shares or points I mean mold-boards turning, in ahorizontal planeand on the main boltf.

In Fig. 4 the hinged mold-boardeis .removed. At thejuncture of the twoparts of the moldboards is made a slot or opening, 11. This is to permitof the swinging of the hinged twofaced mold-board c. This mold-board isprovided with pivots q, upon which it is swung when it is desired. Thesepivots are set or stepped into sockets r on the inside of the rotarymold-boards. The two parts of the rotary mold-boards are held together,when arranged relatively to each other as shown in Fig. 1, byoverlapping pieces on the inside of the land sides and the mold-boards,and by screws or bots passing through such overlapping pieces and intothe metal of said landsides and moldboards. I do not limit myself tothis exact method of uniting the two parts, for this may be done in anywell-known way and by any known and familiar mechanical means.

The hinged two-faced mold-board has a pro- .the bolt h. course, no needfor the hook gto swing entirely jecting part or end, 8, which penetratesinto the space behind the rotary mold-boards and strikes and restsagainst the inside of one or the other of the rotary mold-boards,accordingly as the hinged mold-board is swung to one or the other side.This gives it a bearing on the inside. Then placed in position the outerend is held in place by the locking device g h 07 Of this device thehook g is set into one of the holes tt, accordingly as the hingedmoldboard is turned. The other end of the hookg is screwed into the end,of the socket-piece The socket-piece j is rigidly fastened to theupright sliding bolt h, which lifts and drops through the two eyes Theseeyes are set on the rear edge of the standard I). I do not desire tolimit myself to this exact locking device. Instead of the holes t t, akind of toothed rack may be seton theil'iterior twofacesofthe hingedmold-board, and two hooks, g, may be used instead of one, without thevertical motion of If two are used, then there is, of

around, as in the form shown in the drawings. As shown in the drawings,the hook gfits into one of the holestt and holds the hinged moldboard inthe desired position firmly, with the projecting piece .9 fittingclosely up against the inside of one of the rotary mold-boards, d or d,whichever is in front at the time.

The hinged mold-board can be removed, if desired. This is done byturning the button a up into a horizontal position, as seen in Fig. 4.This uncovers a small slot, out of which the pivot q can he slipped, andthus the moldboard removed. A screw serves to tighten the button when soplaced as to hold the pivot q in place. This removal is desirable when,

for. instance, only a narrow furrow is to be made. Farmers now, in somecases, have an extra small plow for such work. This serves for thatpurpose and saves that expense. It is also desirable when the two pointsare to be used side by side, as shown in Fig. 5, where a wide furrow isdesired and the earth to be thrown over on both sides.

On the inside of the landsides are seen two small wheels set on screws.These are indicated by 70. These have a' raised side or edge, one partof which is thicker than the other, growing gradually thicker as theedge runs around the wheel. The object of this is to furnish a bearingfor the point to of the foot a. These wheels are intended to be turnedas desired, so as to throw the point of the foot or more or less awayfrom the inside of the landside, and thus, by acting as a wedgebetweenthe point to of the foot to and the inside of the landside, turn thefront point of the plow so as to make it land more, and thus produce awider furrow.

The points or share of the plow are held to the mold-boards in the usualway.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a reversible plow, the combination, with the rotary mold-boards dd, of the twot'aeed hinged mold boards 0 6, provided with pivots q, thelong bearing 8, projecting through the rotary mold boards, and thebutton a, as set forth.

2. The combination of the standard 1), feet to, having point w,mold-boards d d, pivot-bolt f, and bey el-disks lt,'formin g anadjustable stop for the point to to cause the plowshares to take more orless land.

3. The combination of the rotary mold-boards d d, beveled disks k,landside a b, the extensible hook g, vertically adjustable, and thehinged mold-boards c e, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination of the rotary mold-boards d cl, slot 1), and button awith the landside a b and pivot-boltf, and adapted to be used with orwithout the hinged mold-boards, as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JESSE S. FELT.

WVitnesses CLAYTON J. FARRING'ION, FRED. A. DYER.

